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A SELF-LEARNING GUIDE TO CONVERSATION PRACTICE V SASIKUMAR P V DHAMIJA SPOKEN ENGLISH A Self-Learning Guide to Conversation Practice V. SASIKUMAR Department of Materials Production Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages Hyderabad P.V. D H A M U A Department of Phonetics and Spoken English Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages Hyderabad Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited NEW DELHI McGraw-Hill Offices New Delhi New York St Louis San Francisco Auckland Bogota Guatemala Hamburg Lisbon London Madrid Mexico Milan Montreal Panama Paris San Juan Sao Paulo Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto ^ Book along with Audio Cassette available on order from book shops.
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Please ask for: 0-07-462395-8 Sasikumar & Dhamija SPOKEN ENGLISH: A Self-Learning Guide to Conversation Practice with Audio Cassette. (Audio cassette will not be sold separately). © 1993, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited Fifth reprint 1995 ISBN 0-07-460358-2 Published by Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 4/12 Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi 110 002, typeset and printed at Rajkamal Electric Press, B 35/9 G T Karnal Road, Delhi 110 033 INTRODUCTION A course in spoken English may be either in the form of 'what to say', or in the form of 'how to say*. The former is usually focussed on English conversation, and the latter on English pronunciation. The former aims to teach how to express communicative functions, such as asking questions, making requests, getting things done, or expressing greetings, farewells, apologies, regrets, thanks, etc. The latter, on the other hand, aims at teaching the pronunciation of words, phrases, and sentences. Normally, books on spoken English are one or the other of the above two kinds.
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The present book, however, deals with spoken English in both its aspects: words, phrases, and expressions appropriate to important situationally-governed communicative functions, and the way they ought to be orally delivered. The book comprises twenty units. Each unit begins with a dialogue or conversation, which the learner is first supposed to listen to or read carefully. Then he is helped to understand it with the help of a few leading comprehension questions, and a functional glossary.
After he has done so, he is led through several useful points of pronunciation and is given adequate practice in them. Then he attends to one communicative function, which forms a prominent part of the passage. He is also expected here to work out one or two exercises so that he will perform the function efficiently. Finally, he is taken through one or two points of usage arising from the passage and useful for everyday colloquial English.
Each dialogue or conversation is available on an audio-cassette, which forms an integral part of the book. The learner will do well to listen to the dialogue/conversation in each unit and do the exercises in each section. If he cannot use the cassette, he may read the dialogue/ conversation instead of listening to it, and do the exercises. However, vl INTRODUCTION the use of the cassette is essential for attempting Section IV, which deals with pronunciation. The style of the recording is 'careful colloquial', which is the style recommended for most non-native speakers of English.
While teaching pronunciation in each unit, this fact has been consistently kept in mind. The learner is particularly advised to imitate the general tempo (i.e. Speed) of the recorded passages.
Some of the points discussed under 'Speaking' in each unit may not quite apply to the 'rapid colloquial' style of speaking, which is generally used by native speakers of English. It is partly for this reason that the authors decided to record 'standard' Indian speakers rather than native speakers of English as 'models'. The second reason for not recording native speakers is that no Indian speaker, or for that matter no non-native speaker, can or needs to speak English the way it is spoken by native users. After all, the best one can do is to speak English like the best of non-native speakers.
The book is addressed to all those learners who know the structure of English but cannot communicate effectively, especially in speaking. No other qualification is necessary as a pre-condition for using the book. And the aim of the book is to improve their colloquial usage and pronunciation so that they may be able to communicate somewhat fluently, intelligibly, and optimally. The section marked OPTIONAL under 'Speaking' in each unit is meant specially for those learners who wish to study finer (and technical) points of pronunciation. The knowledge of phonetic symbols provided in 'Signs and Symbols' at the beginning of the book is, however, obligatory, since almost every dictionary today records pronunciations in such symbols. The key in 'Signs and Symbols' is self-explanatory and easy to follow, and it is expected that any motivated learner will be able to understand the values of signs and symbols given in it.